SUSPECTED drugs and quantities of cash have been seized from Ellesmere Port homes.

More than 50 officers targeted five Swale Road properties on Friday morning as part of an ongoing crime crackdown.

Substances believed to be cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis were seized in the raids, after police forced entry into the addresses.

Eight people were arrested in the operation, which was set up by the town's Proactive Policing Unit and also involved dog handlers and Community Action Team officers.

Three men aged 22, 25 and 31, and a 28-year-old woman, all from the Port, were arrested on suspicion of drugs offences. They have been helping police with enquiries and released on police bail until June.

Three other men aged 29, 20 and 17, and a 25-year-old woman, all from the Port, were arrested for using threatening words and behaviour. The men all received fixed penalty notices and the woman was given a police reprimand.